On Friday the Colorado Avalanche remade former captain and Hall of Famer Joe Sakic in the mold of the Denver Broncos John Elway as club executive vice president of hockey operations. Given the keys and final say to hockey related decisions, Sakic brings his credibility as a former player to his new mission of righting the Avalanche and making them ... Read More »
With only an 18.8 percent chance of winning the NHL Draft lottery, the Colorado Avalanche beat out the other playoff eliminated teams to win the first overall pick in this year’s draft. For a while I was worried the Avs would be even bigger losers than they all ready were and lose once again to the Florida Panthers in the ... Read More »
With one more loss to take the 2013 Colorado Avalanche season rolled over and took its last agonizing breath before finally expiring. Compiling a 16-25-7 record, the Western Conferences worst team kicked the bucket with a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Collective breaths were taken right before the axe began to fall. The first head to roll was ... Read More »
Plodding through the few remaining games of the season, I’d like to be more positive about the 2013 Colorado Avalanche season by going over my “Best of” the shortened campaign. It wasn’t a pretty season and it has been a downright disappointing product to watch, but the love for hockey can conquer all. Right? Most Improved Player: Matt Duchene ... Read More »
As the end of the Colorado Avalanche season draws near, the discontent in the locker room is bubbling to the surface. Comments this week from Avalanche players has been nothing short of frustration and disappointment. Matt Duchene was the first to speak up about their 12 win season but the headline this week was backup goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere who said ... Read More »
If there ever was a time to embrace the notion of firing Coach Joe Sacco like many Colorado Avalanche fans have been calling for -quite some time in some cases-, now would be that time to join in. Joe Sacco may very well be the fall man of the Avalanche, a tragic character in the Avalanche opera, or he may ... Read More »
Just around the way from Pepsi Center is the Denver Coliseum where playoff hockey is being played by the CHL Denver Cutthroats, the Colorado Avalanche affiliate. One place that playoff hockey won’t be played at is in the Avs building. Their offseason work cut out for them, the front office should be working hard to formulate an offseason plan going ... Read More »
The talk has begun to gain momentum amongst Colorado Avalanche fans about the unethical yet smart option of tanking the season and hoping for the number one draft pick. Before the 2012 NFL Draft, the Indianapolis Colts had succeeded in their pursuit of Stanford Quarterback Andrew Luck. “Suck for Luck” talk dominated the conversation as Indianapolis piled on the losses ... Read More »
“Here today, gone tomorrow” is the story of the Colorado Avalanche of 2013. Having ended the 45-point streak of the Chicago Blackhawks a week ago, the Avs have returned back to earth where they own the third-worst record in the NHL. Last Saturday’s game was a glimpse of how the Avalanche can play, not how they usually do play. Since ... Read More »
It finally happened the Chicago Blackhawks are no longer undefeated in regulation. After nearly getting a win in Chicago on Wednesday, the Colorado Avalanche hosted the undefeated (in regulation) Blackhawks in a tightly played second game of a home-and-home series. Visiting a packed Pepsi Center, the crowd was anxious to see the Avs get a second shot in two days at ... Read More »
The leading scorer of the Colorado Avalanche last season, forward Ryan O’Reilly will remain an Avalanche after a deal for him was matched. Earlier Thursday afternoon, the Calgary Flames extended a 2-year/$10 million offer for O’Reilly which was promptly matched by Colorado. This now sets up the Avalanche to control O’Reilly’s rights for the next season and will be unable ... Read More »
The captain of the Colorado Avalanche will finally make his return to action today in Los Angeles against the Kings. Gabriel Landeskog, out “indefinitely” since the game against the San Jose Sharks were Brad Stuart dropped him with a shoulder at the Sharks blue line, the 20-year old captain practiced with the Avs today -sans orange “no-contact” sweater- and will be ... Read More »
Despite having a clear disadvantage of numerous missing players and $16 million in unspent cap space, the Colorado Avalanche have been finding a way to gut out wins and scratch out 15 points for a 7-7-1 record, breaking .500. In a hard fought game against the St. Louis Blues, David Jones and Semyon Varlamov carried the Avs to the win ... Read More »
The Colorado Avalanche are hurting in a big way. Struggling to keep their head above water in the Northwest, the Avalanche are quickly becoming victims of their own despair as they remain on their backs at the bottom of the division standings at 5-7-1. Tied for last with the Calgary Flames, the Avs sit seven-points out of first where the ... Read More »
The identity I thought the Colorado Avalanche were forming has taken quite a hit. Since their wins over the Los Angeles Kings and Columbus Blue Jackets, the Avs lost captain Gabriel Landeskog, dropped three games in-a-row –including two shutouts- won two and lost another. Their identity must’ve been lost along the way to San Jose, or was left on the ... Read More »
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